Doug Grant 2002 Results

Doug Grant Open - A Smash!
(written by Philip Chan, member of Bay of Quinte Junior Badminton Club)

The 2002 Doug Grant Open Badminton Tournament was hosted by the Belleville Badminton Club at the 8 Wing Trenton Air Force Base with singles on Friday, October 25th and doubles on Saturday, October 26th.

The Doug Grant is an annual tournament held by the Belleville Badminton Club in memory of the player Doug Grant. The event attracted 103 players from 22 different clubs and 5 badminton district associations – Ottawa District, Central Ontario, Georgian Bay District, Toronto and District and Western Ontario District.

One of the highlights of the weekend tournament was the presentation of the Keith Hollands Memorial Trophy to COBA Past President Trudi Tilley of Uxbridge by Central Ontario Badminton Association President Wayne King on Friday Night. The Keith Hollands Award is the most prestigious award available from the Ontario Badminton Association and recognizes the individual who is the most outstanding badminton volunteer in the entire province of Ontario through dedication and effort towards the promotion of recreational badminton in the past year. For the past few years, COBA district had been without an executive, and Trudi had almost single-handedly managed the region's affairs and kept badminton activities like the Ontario Winter Games team, district championships, exchanges and other tournaments in a positive manner. An award richly deserved by a really hard-working and determined person.

RESULTS

Ladies’ Singles
This event was played as a round robin event with results as follows:
1. Cheryl Tanaka (Toronto B & R Club) 5 wins 0 losses
2. Trudi Tilley (Uxbridge Badminton Club) 4 wins 1 loss
3. Amanda Woltors (St Lawrence College, Kingston) 3 wins 2 losses
4. Jacquelin Goldstein (Queen's University) 2 wins 3 losses
Cheryl is one of the best players on the current York University badminton team and always proves to be a tough competitor.

Men's Singles
One of the highlights of the Doug Grant Open was the appearance of former high performance Canadian player Brian Tjoa. As a junior, Tjoa was rated #1 in Ontario and #2 in Canada. As a former captain of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues badminton team, he has won several Ontario University Championships.
There were 20 men in the singles draw with the following results:

Men’s Singles A Final
Brian Tjoa (Toronto B&R) defeated. Kokkee Chen (McMaster University) 1-15, 15-12, 15-3.
Men's Singles B Final
Rob Tilley (COBRAS) defeated Steven Mark (Toronto Woburn) 15-9, 15-10
Men's Singles C Final
Bryden Morris (Harwood) defeated. Garfo Liu (Toronto Woburn) 15-6, 15-2.
Men's Singles D Final
Francis Vermette (Le Club de Kingston) defeated Al Deveau (Whitby Badminton) 15-4, 15-13

Doubles Events.
The new 11 point game rules were used for Ladies’ and Mixed Doubles in accordance with the new International Badminton Federation rules. This was a change to a shorter game from the previously used 15 point game system.

The Ladies’ Doubles draw contained 18 teams.
The A Final saw singles champion Cheryl Tanaka (B&R) team up with Linda Kawahara (Toronto Seneca College) to defeat Trudi Tilley & Lori Davis (Uxbridge) 11-15, 11-3.
In the B final, Kitty Wong and Christine Scott (Kingston Limestone) defeated Debbie Arbour and Melissa Tom (L.B. Pearson - Burlington) 11-7, 6-11, 11-7.
The C Final saw Katherine Amy Jack & Jane Darling (Peterborough) defeat Anita Lee (Limestone) & Mary Catherine McDonald (Belleville) 11-8, 11-13, 11-5.
Jacqueline Goldstine & Terra Hobart (Queen’s) defeated Pasquale Leblond & Claudia Goupil (Le Clubde Kingston) 11-6, 11-6 to win the D Final.

There were 30 Men’s Doubles teams in the competition.
The A Final was a fantastic display of skill as singles champion Brian Tjoa (Toronto B&R) and singles finalist Kokkee Chen (McMaster) defeat Gary Helmkay & Jay Denstedt (Barrie) 15-9, 15-4 with a supportive fan base to boot.
Glen Crowley (Belleville) & Mike Van (Whitby) defeated. Anees Karmally & Elvis Chen (Kingston Limestone) 15-7, 15-7 to win the Men’s Doubles B title.
Francis Vermette and his coach, Mark Grenier (Le Clubde Kingston) defeated former Queen’s team captain Bryden Morris (Harwood Phoenix) & Rob Tilley (COBRAS) 15-11, 15-9 to take the C Championship final.
The D final featured Scott Forbs & Andy Tran (Kingston Limestone) as they defeated. Al Whitley & Lorne Briggs (Peterborough) 15-1, 15-12.

The largest draw was Mixed Doubles with 38 teams in total to battle it out with racquets and shuttles. The A Final pitted Gary Helmkay & Liz McKeeman (Barrie) against singles and doubles champions as well as husband and wife Brian Tjoa & Cheryl Tanaka (Toronto B&R). Unfortunately, Tjoa and Tanaka had to default this match so the fans did not get to see the superb play that would have been part of the final.
In the B Final, Jay Denstedt (Barrie) & Melissa Tom (L.B. Pearson Burlington) defeated Dave Wong (Toronto B&R) & Debbie Arbour (L.B. Pearson Burlginton) 11-0, 11-2.
Francis Vermette and fellow junior Katryna Camacho (Le Clubde Kingston) defeated Al Whitley & Katherine Amy Jack (Peterborough) 11-5, 11-3 to win the C Final.
In the D Championship finals, Eric Ingram& Jane Darling (Peterborough) defeated. Dave Garand & Jacqueline Cyr (Le Club de Kingston) 11-9, 13-12.

Comments
The 2002 Doug Grant tournament had a strong contingent of volunteers led by acting referee David Wong (Toronto) and tournament chair Terry Mandzy. As well, Newton Reed, a player in his 70’s, was called on for a brief period as an umpire.
A 50/50 draw to sponsor the COBA Ontario Winter Games was won by COBA Marketing Director Jane Darling (Peterborough). Several door prizes such as various sports bags, racquets, and a fleece jacket were won by Boya Chance (Le Club), Eric Wilson (Le Club), Jerry Singh (Mowat), Stephanie Morgan (Limestone), and Lisa Risebrough (Uxbridge).

The 2002 Doug Grant Open was a tremendous success.

A large number of entries ensured that plenty of high quality badminton was played. As well, the tournament couldn’t have happened without the effort put in by tournament organizers and draw desk volunteers. Being one of the first tournaments in the season, everyone is now looking forward to the coming season and perhaps next year’s Doug Grant for more badminton action.

For more information about this and other tournaments contact:
Terry Mandzy

Results 2003 Belleville's Doubles Open Tournament: 

January 25, 2003

Details of the 2003 Belleville Doubles Tournament:

The annual Belleville Doubles Tournament took place at Trenton’s 8-Wing Gymnasium on Saturday January 25th. The tournament is provincially sanctioned on the Black Knight Circuit. The tournament had finals at A, B, C, & D skill levels, and was open to players of all ages. The tournament was very well attended even though competitors were advised the night before that a sprinkler main had burst and starting time would be delayed 3 hours.Only 6 players couldn't accommodate the delay. Play started just after 11:00 a.m. and finished at 10:00 p.m.

There were 87 competitors representing 17 different Ontario badminton clubs and 4 badminton districts.

Represented were:
Barrie, Belleville, Brampton, Burlington, George Brown (Richmond Hill), Harwood (Ajax), Lee’s Badminton & Training Ctr (Richmond Hill), Limestone (Kingston), Mowat (Toronto), Peterborough, Toronto Badminton & Racquet, Trenton, University of Toronto, Uxbridge, Whitby, Whitby Mental Health, and York badminton clubs.

Competitors had a chance to win off-court as well as on-court, since approximately $300 in Black Knight draw prizes were given out (6 T-shirts, 1 fleece shirt, 3 sports bags, and 1 racquet), courtesy of the String Doctor and the Belleville Badminton Club. COBA held a 50/50 draw too.

There were many games of exciting badminton.

Here are the full results of the finals along with club affiliations.

Ladies’ Doubles, A Finals:
Daisy Chan (Lee’s) & Maria Cheah (George Brown) def. Edwina Eng (George Brown) & Teresa Prevoe
(Mowat) 11-6, 11-9

Ladies’ Doubles, B Finals:
Silke Courtenay & Leanne Pyle (Limestone) def. Jane Rosborough & Melissa Harvey (Peterborough)
11-3, 11-7

Ladies’ Doubles, C Finals:
Cindy Newman (Burlington) & Marjorie Wellman (Brampton) def. Trudi Tilley & Lori Davis (Uxbridge)
7-11, 11-6, 11-6

Ladies’ Doubles, D Finals:
Kay Snedden & Sheri Lee Foster (Belleville) def. Lynda Elliott & Tina Weir (Belleville) 10-13, 11-3, 11-2

Men’s Doubles A Final: Eddie Kung (Lee’s) & Oscar Lai (Bethune) def. Nathanial Allard (Harwood) & Rolf Horn (York) 15-12, 15-7

Men’s Doubles B Final:
Sin Jin Cheah (George Brown) & Ian Wu (Bethune) def. Jay Denstedt & Gary Helmkay (Barrie) 15-9,
5-15, 15-6

Men’s Doubles C Final:
Rusty Brooks (Belleville) & Raju Neote (Whitby Mental Health) def. Elvis Chen & Dave McPherson
(Limestone) 13-5, 15-13, 4-1 (retired)

Men’s Doubles D Final:
Andy Tran & Scott Forbes (Limestone) def. Paul Bennington and Scott Bennington (Whitby) 15-3, 15-13

Mixed Doubles A Final:
Oscar Lai & Vickey Lee (Bethune) def. Alex Crizzle & Edwina Eng (George Brown) 13-10, 11-5

Mixed Doubles B Final:
Jay Denstedt & Karen Scarborough (Barrie) def. Stephen Wong (George Brown) & Lynda Elliott
(Belleville) 13-11, 11-7

Mixed Doubles C Final:
Elvis Chen and Kitty Wong (Limestone) def. Andrew Chin (Bethune) & Anna Wease (Peterborough) 11-9,
11-10

Mixed Doubles D Final:
Billy Duong & Linda Lee (Limestone) def. Scott Forbes & Stephanie Morgan (Limestone) 11-3, 11-8

Thanks again to all the competitors and the supporters who made this tournament such a success! See you all again next year!!

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